"Heading to a song printed below the (printed) title: 'Sung with great Applause by Mr. Grimaldi, in the popular Pantomime of "Harlequin Whittington"'. Grimaldi, as an English tourist in Paris, his face made up as a clown, stands full-face, left arm extended towards Paris (right): houses and spires behind a wall with an arch intended for the Arc de Triomphe. He wears a skull-cap decorated with little rosettes, with a frogged and braided overcoat (shorter than was fashionable) with deep fur cuffs and collar; flat (scarlet) slippers and clocked stockings. He holds an absurdly tall top-hat. The second of five verses: Jockies, Jews, and Parlez-vous Courtezans and Quakers, Players, Peers and Auctioneers, Parsons, Undertakers. Modish airs from Wapping-stairs, Wit from Norton Falgate, Bagatelle from Clerkenwell, And elegance from Aldgate. [Refrain] London now is out of Town Who in England Tarries ? Who can bear to linger there, When all the world's in Paris?"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Caption title in letterpress below etched image with plate mark 19.2 x 21.9 cm., Print attributed to George Cruikshank in British Museum catalogue., Imprint printed in letterpress below plate mark., Three columns of verse in letterpress: Now's the time to change our clime commerce shuts his day-book ..., and Plate numbered '530' in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Published the 1st of February, 1815 by J. Whittle and R.H. Laurie, No. 53 Fleet Street
"A provincial Assembly Room. A musicians' gallery (right) is above a recess which is the entrance from the street. In this a young woman changes pattens for dancing-shoes, supporting herself on the arm of a stout woman with a pin-cushion slung from her arm. A lighted lantern stands on the floor. In the foreground a couple advances from this entry, meeting a younger pair. In the background against the wall couples are dancing, facing each other, the man holding his partner's wrist. An absurd couple on a settee (left) flirt, the lady holding a tumbler, the man fanning her. Behind, two men delightedly inspect a paper headed 'Election 1812'. On the wall is a bill: 'Sir Toby Spendall returns his most grateful thanks to the worthy Freemen for thier kind support during the late Election.' From the pocket of an elderly man near the door hang two papers: 'State of the Pole' and 'To the Worthy Freemen'. In the foreground (right) a pair of half-boots, a cane, and a hat lie together. The room is lit by hanging candelabra and candle-sconces."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Temporary local subject terms: Musician's gallery -- Pattens -- Fiddle.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 28th 1813 by H. Humphrey No. 27 St. James's Strt
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Reissue of no. 12138 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9; originally published Apr. 28, 1813, by H. Humphrey., Temporary local subject terms: Election balls -- Lighting: Chandeliers., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 67.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Ballrooms, Balls (Parties), Chandeliers, Couples, Dance, and Musicians
Title from caption below image., Publication date erased from sheet. Date from local card catalog record., and Temporary local subject terms: A provincial ball -- Musicians -- Dancing.
"The fashionable guests, many being probably portraits and almost all elderly and plain, stand in conversation except for four at a card-table in the foreground, and for a military officer (? Prince Leopold) who lounges on a sofa. The room is bare except for a huge pier-glass and for heavily fringed and draped curtains, and for a bust of Napoleon on a pedestal which dominates the guests. An ugly little embodiment of acrid pedantry gazes up at it. There is an elaborate gas chandelier."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 3d 1826 by G. Humphrey 24 St. James's Street St. James's
Title from caption below image., Publisher from series title page on verso of plate I., and One of eight plates of a series entitled: The bottle : in eight plates / by George Cruikshank.
Title from caption below image., An anchor is the symbol of artist Capt. E.J. Marryat., Traces of artist's name spelled out and former publication line visible., Later state with different publication line. Cf. No. 13044 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., and Temporary local subject terms: Black servants -- Ships -- Accidents -- Dining -- Sailors -- Passengers -- Familes with children.
In a well-furnished room Tom and Kate waltz gracefully. Logic, at the piano (right), looks over his shoulder at the pair with a delighted grin. Jerry sits on a couch, with a second courtesan (Sue). Both women wear evening dress with long gloves. On a table are decanters, fruit, &c. There are wide folding doors flanked by pictures that amplify the subject
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Title from caption below image., Publication information from British Museum catalogue., Illustration to: Egan, P. Life in London, page 250., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and State without imprint statement. Cf. No. 14334 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Sherwood, Neely, & Jones
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Courtesans, Dance, Musicians, Parlors, and Pianos
Two newly arrived Frenchmen meet on the pavement outside the door of the White Bear (Piccadilly). Their speech and appearance amuse two girls who have just passed (left), and a stable-boy and coachman (right) and the fact that a dog is urinating on the boot of the tall man on the left who is unaware of this action. They wear supposedly English dress: breeches and boots, top-hats with small high crowns, reversing the shape of the prevailing bell-shaped topper (cf. BM Satires 14438). One (right) wears a multi-caped coat (carrick, see BM Satires 12375) and carries its skirts looped over his arm; against his shoulder he holds a huge (furled) umbrella. Their words are below the title: "Gode a Morning Sare, did it rain tow Marrow?--"Yase it vas"--. Above the door is a carved polar bear. In the window (left) above a green blind appear a tureen, bottle, &c.; placards hang against the panes offering Hashed Tongue, Soup Meagre, Hotch Potch, and Mock [Turtle]. On the right of the door is the entrance to the coach-office: The Original White Bear Inn. Coach & Waggon Office--The Original Paris Coach Office. Advertisements and place-names flank the doorway: (left) Expeditio--French English Made Easy; P[aris] & Dover Dilligence & Jumbling Ease, (right) Deal, Dover, Brighton, Paris, Calis. On the right is the entrance to the inn-yard in which stands a coach. -- From the British Museum online catalogue with additional comments., Title from caption below image., Lines of dialogue below title: "Gode a morning sare, did it rain towmorrow? "Yase it vas.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: Anglo-Parisian salutations, or, Practice par excellence!, Reissue of no. 14440 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10; originally published June 6, 1822, by G. Humphrey., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 113.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Dogs, Umbrellas, Stores & shops, Taverns (Inns), and Urination